Just around the corner!

Open Tuning 2023 is just around the corner! Join us in Seaton Village on June 10 from 2 to 10 p.m. for live performances at multiple venues, with performers of all ages, skills and genres.
Start your festival at our Information Table in Vermont Square Park – grab a venue map, then check out the music happening on the Park Stage. Wander the neighbourhood and enjoy performances on porches, in garages and other cool places.
Festival venues will run from 2 to 7 p.m., and the Closing Show starts at 8 p.m. on the Vermont Park Stage.
We’ll post more details about venues and performers soon! Keep checking here and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @opentuningfest for more updates.

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Family Musical Parade

Join us for a family musical parade to help kick off Open Tuning Music Festival! 

  • Bring your musical instruments and noisemakers 
  • Meet Saturday, June 10, 1 pm, Southwest corner of Barton & Christie 
  • Join a musical parade to Vermont Square Park
  • followed by a performance by the amazing Russell Sprout! 

Flyer Distribution Day this Sunday

We’re ecstatic that Open Tuning Festival is returning this year to Seaton Village on June 10th! We need to get the word out in order to source hosts for venues (ie. porches) and performers.

On April 16th we’ll be hosting a mass leaflet distribution day. This is a perfect way to get your whole family involved in some volunteering and to support what many call their favourite day to be in Seaton Village.

Please sign up here! https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfSdApuHTzUUK…/viewform

  • Date: Sunday, April 16
  • Time: 2:00pm
  • Meeting Place: Vermont Square Park – South west corner – Palmerston/Olive

See you there!

Venues needed!

Do you want to host live music at your porch, garage, storefront or front yard?
Are you a musician that wants to perform and invite others to join?
If so, the Open Tuning Festival, on Saturday, June 10th, is for you!
It’s easy connect with us to register a venue. We’ll help promote your venue and support you throughout the process. Contact us at opentune.coordinator@gmail.com

Volunteers needed for Open Tuning 2023

Open Tuning 2023 needs your help! We are committed to bringing back a live and in-person Open Tuning Festival on June 10th, 2023, but we need organizing committee volunteers to make it happen. Communications and planning help is needed right now, and we will call out for more festival logistics volunteers in the coming weeks.

If you love live music and want to see a return of this great community event, please write to opentune.coordinator@gmail.com.

It’s fun, and not a lot of work, but we really need some helpers to get it up and running.

We can’t wait to see you all on porches, in garages, and in laneways, bringing live music back to the neighbourhood on June 10th!

Today is Festival Day!

Join us online! Over 30 musical performers ranging from folk to funk and everything between!

View live streaming performances ( Facebook live, Instagram live, Youtube livestream…)

View pre-recorded musical sets (available throughout the day).

Full festival schedule with links to all performances:
https://opentuningfestival.wordpress.com/2021-open-tuning-performers/

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE!

Like what you hear? Remember to share, like and re-post performances you visit using the hashtag #OpenTuning21

Help build the momentum and promote our wonderful artists to make this year’s festival a HUGE success.

We look forward to seeing you online!

Your Open Tuning Volunteer Organizers.


This year, in lieu of a donation to the festival, we ask that audience members support festival performers by purchasing their music and merch or by donating to organizations who financially support musicians, such as the Unison Benevolent Fund. This program – created and administered for the music community, by the music community – provides both financial relief and health/counselling support to music industry professionals in times of crisis. Learn more at http://www.unisonfund.ca/

Open Tuning 2021 performers

This Saturday, June 5, from 2 to 10 pm, check out the amazing performers at the 2021 Open Tuning Festival.

This link will take you to the complete schedule, with links to all 34 online performances.
https://opentuningfestival.wordpress.com/2021-open-tuning-performers/

There are two types of performance this year. WATCH ANYTIME performances are pre-recorded and can be enjoyed throughout the day. Check the schedule for details.

LIVE performances are scheduled for specific times. Check the schedule for details.


Musical Greetings from Open Tuning 2021!

Russell Leon, musician and Open Tuning volunteer, gives us toe-tapping introduction to the 2021 festival.

For the second year in a row, we are taking Open Tuning online. Over the past seven years, this completely free, DIY festival has been bringing people together through a one-day live music event. On Saturday, June 5th, from 2:00 – 10:00 p.m., we are inviting people to celebrate music by performing in the comfort of their own homes and sharing their music virtually. The festival is open to musicians of all ages and levels of experience and all genres of music.

Look for the hashtag #opentuning21 on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram

For more information, go to http://www.opentuning.org

Open Tuning Music Festival 2021

For the second year in a row, we are taking Open Tuning online. Over the past seven years, this completely free, DIY festival has been bringing people together through a one-day live music event.

On Saturday, June 5th, from 2:00 – 10:00 p.m., we are inviting people to celebrate music by performing in the comfort of their own homes and sharing their music virtually. The festival is open to musicians of all ages and levels of experience and all genres of music.

MUSICIAN REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who signed up! See you this Saturday!

Inspired by La Fete de la Musique in Paris, France, Open Tuning was founded in Toronto in 2013 by a group of Seaton Village residents looking to fill the alleyways, sidewalks, garages, porches and parks with beautiful, free music for all to enjoy. While we cannot gather in person this year, we still want to share the joy of music together.

Our volunteers will post the festival day schedule on the Open Tuning website (www.opentuning.org) and help musicians promote their performances through our social media feeds. We are inviting musicians to spread the word about the festival on social media, using the #OpenTuning21 hashtag.

In lieu of a donation to the festival, we ask that audience members support the festival performers by purchasing their music or donating to organizations who financially support musicians, such as the Unison Benevolent Fund. This program – created and administered for the music community, by the music community – provides both financial relief and health/counselling support to music industry professionals in times of crisis. Learn more at http://www.unisonfund.ca/.

Welcome to Open Tuning 2020!

Below is a list of known performers for today’s’ virtual festival. You can discover all performers by searching today’s festival hashtag #opentuning20 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

PerformerShow timeLive/RecordedPlatformHandleInfo
Ian Sinclairall day Pre-recorded video at 10amYoutubeeyelinkTotal Bass Funkademic!!!! : 10am https://youtu.be/JEy7YGluXA4 (new url btw)
Meg Tennantall day after 1pm pre-recordedFacebook@megtennantmusicpre-recorded video available after 1:00, folk/roots, “sweet vocals & soulful lyrics”
Hayley Verrall1:00pmLiveFacebook@HayleyVerallMusicaward winning country singer/songwriter
Storm Free2:00pmLiveFacebook@StormFree47Phish cover band from Toronto, We have a VERY special announcement about Saturday’s backyard stream…we are so excited to have the one and only @jskyeengel joining us on socially-distant bass!!
Sofia Kay2:00pmLiveInstagram@sofiaakaytalented young singer/songwriter will be performing several new songs https://www.instagram.com/sofiaakay/?igshid=1aqmjjlht9kfc
Claire Mason3:00pmLiveInstagram@ClaireMasonMusic on FB, @clairemason10 on Insta
Paul Cafcae5:30pmLiveFacebook@paulcafcaemusicsongwriter and performer; Blues, Rockabilly, and Indie Folk
Paul Cafcae6:30pmLiveInsta & Youtube@paulcafcaemusic, youtube.com/paulcafcaemusicsongwriter and performer; Blues, Rockabilly, and Indie Folk
Jem Ucar7:00pmLiveInstagram@akustiksevenacoustic folk/rock singer/songwriter
Spencer Scharf7:30pmLiveFacebook@spencerscharfmusicBlues and Folk multi instrumentalist from Ottawa, Canada.
Rob ElliotAll day pre-recordedInsta & FB@swizzlestudio on Insta, @robswizzle on FBRob Elliott, second accordionist with perennial Open Tuning band Sore Boozers, performs some Old Tyme New Wave on the ukulele.
Facebook (8 minute concert): https://www.facebook.com/robswizzle
Instagram (alternate take of Spider-Man Theme, 58 seconds): https://www.instagram.com/swizzlestudio/
Raina Krangle9:00pmLiveInsta & FB@RainaKrangleMusic on bothCanadiana 🇨🇦folk/rock w/ a twist of country. Catchy songs of ❤️, life & environmental.
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Thanks to all today’s musicians who re-invented their live performance in order to take part. You are all amazing!

Remember Open Tuning is a Festival for anyone to perform, no matter what genre, age or skill level. So please like, react and leave comments – and let’s keep it positive 🙂